Research Article
Knowledge, Attitude, and Perceptions about In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) among Women of Childbearing Age in Cape Coast, Ghana
Table 1
Respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics.
| Variable and responses | Frequency, n = 437 | Percentage (%) |
| Age, years | 15–24 | 287 | 65.7 | 25–34 | 77 | 17.7 | 35–44 | 41 | 9.4 | ≥45 | 32 | 7.3 | Mean age ± SEM; = 25.33 ± 0.066 years | Marital status | Single | 334 | 76.4 | Married | 82 | 18.8 | Divorced | 11 | 2.5 | Widow | 10 | 2.3 | Religion | | | Islam | 25 | 5.7 | Christianity | 408 | 93.4 | Traditional | 1 | 0.2 | None | 3 | 0.7 | Number of living children | 0 | 315 | 76.5 | 1-2 | 52 | 11.9 | 3-4 | 43 | 9.8 | ≥5 | 27 | 6.2 | Occupation | Full-time housewife | 4 | 0.9 | Student | 284 | 65.0 | Businesswoman | 92 | 21.1 | Civil servant | 5 | 1.1 | Farming | 5 | 1.1 | Teaching | 13 | 3.0 | Others | 43 | 7.8 | Tribe | Fante | 227 | 51.9 | Asante | 74 | 16.9 | Ewe | 43 | 9.8 | Dagaaba | 7 | 1.6 | Others | 86 | 19.7 | Educational status | Informal | 40 | 9.2 | Primary | 46 | 10.5 | Secondary | 151 | 34.6 | Tertiary | 200 | 45.8 |
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